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UPDATE| Severe Thunderstorm Warning for DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAILSTONES and HEAVY RAINFALL For people in parts of Central Highlands and Coalfields, Capricornia, Maranoa and Warrego and Darling Downs and Granite Belt Forecast Districts.   Issued at 4:19 pm Wednesday, 21 October 2020.   Severe thunderstorms for parts of the southeast interior.   Weather Situation:   Severe thunderstorms are likely to...

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for DAMAGING WINDS STORM UPDATE| The severe thunderstorm warning for the Capricornia district is now cancelled. EARLIER|  For people in parts of Capricornia Forecast District.Issued at 1:20 pm Wednesday, 21 October 2020.Severe thunderstorm near Rockhampton.Weather Situation:Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds in the warning area over the next several...

A car has been engulfed in flames in the early hours of Wednesday morning.   Queensland Fire and Emergency Service were called to Oasis Court, South Gladstone around 2.20am.    Crews wore breathing apparatus to attack the blaze which they had under control and put out 40 minutes later.    Ambulance crews were also on the...

It's time to call out Queensland’s worst roads.    The RACQ has called on motorists across Central Queensland to identify the state’s worst roads and help influence change by taking part in the Club’s Unroadworthy Roads Survey 2020.   Club spokesperson Lauren Ritchie said the survey was now open to the public and encouraged...

Paramedics have been called to a couple of crashes in Central Queensland overnight. A female patient had to be airlifted to Gladstone Hospital following a two-vehicle crash on the Bruce Highway at Colosseum, South of Mirium Vale, at 8:37pm on Monday. A QAS spokesperson said she was transported in a stable condition,...

A Rockhampton man's been charged with acts intended to maim, following an attempted stabbing at Allenstown.   He allegedly approached a resident on the verandah of a home and asked for directions before pulling out a knife on Saturday evening.   Police claim the 58-year-old resident managed to block the knife and punch the...